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  Background group_or_band
  Origin Mondeville , France
  Genre Black Metal </br> Avant-garde Metal
  Years Active 1994 – present
  Label Appease Me </br> Candlelight
  URL Official website
  Current Members Vindsval <br /> WD Feld <br /> GhÖst


Blut Aus Nord is originally a Black Metal band from Mondeville in France with some Avant-garde Metal orientation in their last release.


BIOGRAPHY


The band started in 1994 as a solo project, with Vindsval playing all instruments under the name ''Vlad''. He released two demos under this title before changing the projects name to Blut Aus Nord before the release of Ultima Thulée in 1995 . The next three albums were recorded with the aid of session musicians: It is only fairly recently that the group has had any permanent members apart from Vindsval.

The project's most critically acclaimed release is The Work Which Transforms God , a Concept Album which - in spite of being mostly instrumental with none of the lyrics made public - is meant to challenge the listener's prejudices and preconceptions about reality, life and various Metaphysical subjects. ''The Work Which Transforms God'' has been almost unanimously praised in reviews and was named by Terrorizer Magazine as its number one album of 2003 . However, some people find that album a pointless exercise in Weirdness For Weirdness' Sake . Another point of interest is that Vindsval has only allowed the lyrics from one of Blut Aus Nord's four full-length releases, Memoria Vetusta, to be published and thus made public.

Vindsval is head of the underground French record label Appease Me... , which is home to several other obscure extreme metal acts, including Blut Aus Nord.

However, their latest release ( MoRT ) cannot be considered Black Metal. Their sound on that album is a lot closer to Avant-garde Metal . It's a mix of dark and surreal noises and sounds that create a disturbing and bleak atmospheric, and its dissonant harmonies frequently flirt with Atonality , which makes it even less accessible for most people, whose ears are used to the grammar of Tonality .


CURRENT LINE-UP



Session musicians

  • ''Ogat'' - session bass on ''Ultima Thulee''

  • ''Ira Aeterna'' - session bass on ''Fathers of the Icy Age''

  • ''Taysiah'' - session vocals on ''The Work Which Transforms God''

  • ''Nahaim'' - session guitar on ''The Work Which Transforms God''



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